A few years ago, the militaristic factions of various countries began to rise, attempting to expand their national interests through military force.
The Tailed Beasts were an unavoidable topic.
But how to better seal and control the Tailed Beasts?
The Land of Whirlpools had extremely powerful sealing jutsu. Before Konoha could react, it was besieged and destroyed by various countries.
Since then, the Uzumaki clan had been displaced. Only a very small number of people had escaped and were living in anonymity.
Like Nagato's family, like Karin's parents, and like Kushina, who had personally witnessed the destruction of her country.
"Don't worry, Mikoto. I'm fine now..."
Seeing Mikoto's worried eyes, Kushina said with a light smile.
But the moment she lowered her head, her eyes were filled with pain.
The hatred of a fallen nation, the enmity of a destroyed clan!
To have personally witnessed her clansmen being ruthlessly slaughtered, that kind of pain was indescribable and could never be forgotten.
"In the process of His Majesty uniting the ninja world, no matter who participated at that time, their country will be destroyed..."
Kushina thought to herself, then took a deep breath and recovered her cheerful personality. She raised her hand and shouted.
"The endless sea is ahead! Let's go and explore!"
"First, let's kill these... pirates!"
Kushina raised her hand and condensed a huge arrow, which she shot directly at a nearby pirate ship.
To raise a pirate flag in front of me,
you're courting death!
BOOM!
A pirate ship carrying over a hundred people was instantly blown to pieces. After the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, this small area of the sea had also become a paradise for pirates.
When the Land of Whirlpools was still around, no pirate dared to be so audacious here!
Kushina snorted coldly, "Thieves, a bunch of bastards!"
"So there are such things as pirates..."
Mikoto once again felt the chaos outside the great nations and then began to look for a boat.
The Land of Water was too far away, after all.
At the same time!
On a boat of medium size a few nautical miles away from the two women, four people were startled.
One of them was a middle-aged man in his thirties. Of the other three, one was a boy of about twelve with ordinary looks.
One was about ten years old, with a shark-like face.
The last one, a girl of the same age, had reddish-brown hair crossed in a bun, and her green eyes were wide open.
Her face was delicate, making one can't help but sigh that she would definitely be a great beauty in the future.
The little girl said in a crisp voice, "Sensei, the Redbeard Pirates have been wiped out. What about our mission?"
As she spoke, the little girl's mouth was pouted, and she was a little unhappy.
It was extremely rare to receive a B-rank mission just a few months after graduation.
If not for the little girl's own strong talent, and the fact that her two temporary teammates were not bad, this kind of mission would not have been given to these Genin.
A B-rank mission was a mission that might involve fighting with ninja, which was much stronger than the D-rank missions of cleaning up garbage.
The Redbeard Pirates, as one of the pirate overlords in the sea between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire, had committed all kinds of evil, burning, killing, and looting.
What made many people unhappy was that the Redbeard Pirates and the other three pirate groups called themselves the Emperors of the Sea.
Together, they were called the Four Emperors!
This had angered people, especially the merchant caravans, who had jointly funded a mission to the Village Hidden in the Mist to eliminate the pirates.
The other "Three Emperors" were in other sea areas, and each was being dealt with by a Kirigakure squad.
"That ninjutsu just now?"
The Jonin leader, Kakatō, pondered, "Our mission was to annihilate the Redbeard Pirates, which was formed by an ordinary Jonin who had gathered some riffraff."
"Since they have been wiped out, our mission is also complete."
Hearing this, the little girl put her hands on her hips and said fiercely, "Is that the mission I want? What I want is a fight!"
"Are we going to go back to the village and do missions like cleaning up garbage and finding puppies?"
So fierce!
Fiercely cute!
One teammate shivered, afraid of being beaten. The other shark-faced kid grinned.
This little girl was a famous genius in the Village Hidden in the Mist. Her family was also not small. She was a child of heaven.
This team was only temporarily formed.
Kakatō couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Then what do you want to do? Remember the laws of a Kirigakure ninja. The mission is the priority. We can't stir up trouble for no reason and bring unnecessary trouble to the village."
The little girl hummed, "Set sail!"
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"They are obviously looking for a boat. The place they are going to by sea is very likely the Land of Water. And they are so strong. They are an unsafe factor. As a Kirigakure ninja, I have an obligation to investigate external hidden dangers for the safety of the Land of Water."
"..."
That makes a lot of sense!
Kakatō had originally been against it.
But the Third Mizukage had ordered that any suspicious person must be reported. The premise was that a little investigation had to be done first. Otherwise, it would be too chaotic.
So Kakatō said, "In that case, then change your clothes... and be ready for battle at any time!"
"Yes, Sensei!"
...
A moment later!
As Kushina and Mikoto were looking for a boat, a boat that could accommodate ten people sailed over.
When the two women looked over, they saw a delicate and cute little girl standing by the side of the boat, shouting sweetly.
"You two beautiful big sisters, do you need a boat? If it's on the way, I can ask my uncle to give you a ride."
Wow, kawaii!
The moment they saw the little girl, Kushina's and Mikoto's eyes lit up.
What a cute girl.
But the two women exchanged a slight glance. Even if the little girl was dressed like a rich man's daughter and her words and actions were innocent.
But her spiritual pressure... was much stronger than that of an ordinary person.
Especially on the boat, there was a spiritual pressure comparable to an elite Jonin. It was obviously a ninja in disguise.
But none of this was important. To avoid trouble when crossing the Land of Fire, hadn't they also taken off their Quincy uniforms and changed into casual clothes?
"Cute little sister, I want to go to the Land of Water. Is it convenient?"
Hearing Kushina's words, the little girl said in surprise, "Huh? What a coincidence. I'm going to the Land of Water in a while too. Let's go together?"
"Okay, then let's go!"
...
ps: In the 60th year of Konoha, Kisame was 29 years old. Two or three years later, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Mei Terumī was 31 years old, so they were the same age.
In this novel , the ages of the two have been increased by a few years for the sake of the plot. Please don't mind.
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